Those were the Word of God of Charlie Duke , the Lunar Module Pilot forApollo 16 , which set in motion 37 years ago today .
This was the tenth manned Apollo commission , and the fifth delegacy to land on the moon , bringing Astronauts John Young and Charlie Duke .
The primary focus of this commission was to explore Descartes Highlands area , which is considered to be fairly representative of the moon ’s Earth’s surface , and is composed of a serial of plateaus and plains . This was the 2nd missionary station to bring in along a Lunar Rover , which the two astronaut used to take a total of 16.5 mile , immensely enlarge the image of the astronauts while explore the lunar surface over the row of three EVA . The lunar landing place was almost scrubbed after a malfunction , but the crew was able-bodied to land five days later on the 21st .
The mission was in the first place geological in nature – scientist hop to employ the Descartes Highlands to discover more information about the formation of the moon . The three moonwalks were used to collect rock samples . The astronauts also deployed an ALSEP , or Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package , during their first outing , which would measure seismic activities , solar steer , temperature and other measurable events on the lunar surface , which would run until 1977 .
The Apollo 16 deputation help to redefine how we viewed the Lunar surface , and revised several theories as to the creation of the realm around the mission land site . ( The arena demonstrate wallop create sway , as opposed to volcanic ones , as had been antecedently thought . ) It is now cogitate that meteors had a much greater impact in the establishment of the modern surface of the moon .
The mission was a achiever , and the gang come back to Earth safely on April 27th , swash several records – the return of the largest rock ‘n’ roll collected , and a moon - speeding record of eleven international nautical mile an hour , which still suffer today .
Mission Profile from NASA
word picture fromNASA .
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